Ohio State moved quickly to fill the openings created when its two-game football series with North Carolina was canceled, adding UNLV in 2017 and Oregon State in 2018.

The Buckeyes will meet UNLV, of the Mountain West Conference, for the first time on Sept. 23, 2017, in Ohio Stadium. OSU had been scheduled to play at North Carolina that season, the second in which the Big Ten expands its conference schedule from eight to nine games.

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Ohio State still has a nonconference opening in 2017, on Sept. 9; adding a home game would allow the Buckeyes to play seven games in Ohio Stadium that season.

Oregon State will open the 2018 season on Sept. 1 in Columbus. The Buckeyes and Beavers have met twice before, Ohio State winning 51-10 in 1974 and 22-14 in 1984.